The new parents answered questions from press, describing the birth of their first child as a "very emotional" and "special" time.

The child - bestowed with the title Prince of Cambridge - replaces Prince Harry as third in line to the throne.

Prince William said: "He's a big boy, he's quite heavy. We are still working on a name but we will have that as soon as we can. It's the first time we've seen him really so we are having a proper chance to catch up."

He also acknowledged the amount of time that press and well-wishers had been waiting outside the hospital, joking: "I'll remind him of his tardiness when he's older because I know how long you've all been standing out here.

"Hopefully the hospital and you guys can all go back to normal now and we can go and look after him."